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Old Sep 19, 2015, 12:15 AM
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I don't believe im bipolar cause ive never been manic but that's my current diagnosis. Before i had psychotic depression and conversion disorder then borderline personality disorder was added on.when i was around 17 or 18 i was sent to a mental hospital that was terrible patients kept coming into my room and no one did anything about it. It was scary.i got in trouble for acting out of course as i turn into a different person in mental hospitals and not a nice one ill admit. Anyway on one of my self destructive days the doctor got pissed off stormed out and i never saw him for the rest of the time there and that was my first day now everyone says im bipolar cause the doctor diagnosed me after one day .so now as my aunt put it im like a person without a name cause i don't know my diagnosis really.Girl without a name

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Old Sep 19, 2015, 03:54 AM
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I would get a second opinion if I was you. Maybe you can go see a psychiatrist who can properly diagnose you??
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Old Sep 19, 2015, 06:24 AM
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do you have symptoms ... do you take meds ..if so do the meds help with the symptoms ... if so ... forget about labels ... " you do not every have to been manic to get the bipolar tag" ... the question I most want to know is "why" did you go to the hospital to begin with ...

your diagnosis is not the important thing .... staying "well" and out of the hospital is ...

you sound depressed to me ( but I am not a doctor or even a T ... just a fellow traveler on this road) .... I know I am depressed more than any other mood ... and I believe I am bipolar ...
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Old Sep 19, 2015, 08:04 AM
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Bipolar 2 has a lot of the symptoms you seemed to describe and that's where not having to ever had full-blown mania can come into play. However, being diagnosed after one session where the doc (IMO) , from what you described in the OP, was angry when said diagnosis was made, is not reliable nor professional....again, his is just IMO. The doc, it sounds like, was not maintaining objectivity. I strongly agree that you may need to get a second opinion. It's important because if you're bipolar, they have to be careful to not put you on a med that can induce mania. Also, just because you've never been manic doesn't mean you never will be nor does it mean you don't get hypomanic.

I also agree with wiretwister in that I'd want to look at WHY you went to the hospital, as that helps paint the whole picture. Also, the diagnosis is mainly important to docs, as that's what determines if insurance will pay for your treatment, what they will & won't pay for,etc. & what meds you are prescribed. For your self-care, I agree that what matters is you learning how to get/stay well.
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Old Sep 19, 2015, 09:23 AM
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i remember the first time i was hospitalized... i was taken by the cops to the hospital, was put on a bed in a barely lit room for a while, in the psych ward of the hospital... i stayed there for a day or so, but it was one of the most interesting days of my life.

small ward with a lot of small rooms in linear hallway, if i can remember. my room was maybe the second or third to the left. patients were walking around. this one guy however... he was off his rocker on something strong... but it was so... surreal... the guy reminded me of boo radley from "to kill a mockingbird". crazy disheveled short hair, some beard scruff, skinny.. almost the whole stereotypical nutjob look.

the guy was pacing back and forth in the hall, past my room, muttering to himself and making hand movements in the air. my mother with me at the time, we both looked at him like, what.... then, he noticed me, and my bandages on my forearm. he walked into the room, knelt down, held my arm, caressing it, telling me not to hurt myself or something like that, almost in a sad pleading tone... obviously, my mom was shocked and scared lol, wasnt sure what to do, but i watched. just felt so... strange to see this happen.
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